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communications from our studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> rose: rem koolhaas is here and one of the best known architects working today and also the cofounder of the office of metropolitan architecture his well-known projects include the building in beijing and architecture school, he revolutionized the field of urban design and rose to game after riding the life of the city, his latest book is called project japan, metabolism talks, i am very pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. >> you just said to me the most interesting thing. you said to me, unless -- i am less interested in cities today and urban life and more interested in the country side. now, i suspect thatverybody who knows you would be. >> do a double take. >> ye >> wel i think that the whole point is i le cities and i try to really think about what the city is today and how it is changing and how models are becoming obsolete and simply by the feat of building the city the city is changed and everyone knows that and everyone knows also that more than half of mankind lives in cities and everybody is move mo

communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: rem koolhaas is here and one of the best known architects working today and also the cofounder of the office of metropolitan architecture his well-known projects include the building in beijing and architecture school, he revolutionized the field of urban design and rose to game after riding the life of the city, his latest book is called project japan, metabolism talks, i am very pleased to have him back at...

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sponsored by rose communications from our studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> rose: amos oz is here, he's one of israel's most prominent authors, he's also a political commentator and founding a founding member of the peace now movement. "newsweek" magazine wrote "eloquent, humane in the ep "essence". a zionistor well, a complex man with similar pal dee seinesy determined above all to tell the truth regardless of whom it fends." this new book is a collection of short stories called "scenes from a village life." i'm pleased to have amos oz back at this tae. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> rose: my pleasure, it's really my pleasure. sipt to talk about politics. a collection of short stories. but the release of gilad shalit. what is your sense of th? and was it a good thing? >> i have mixed feelings about this decision. it was a moment of joy for the entire israeli family when gill lat shalit was released. it was a moment of solidarity. and yet i cannot but think of the heavy price the release of those over 1,000 terrorists who may go back to terrorism and kill

sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: amos oz is here, he's one of israel's most prominent authors, he's also a political commentator and founding a founding member of the peace now movement. "newsweek" magazine wrote "eloquent, humane in the ep "essence". a zionistor well, a complex man with similar pal dee seinesy determined above all to tell the truth regardless of whom it fends." this new book...

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. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. charlie: taupe -- tonight we begin at the growing occupy wall street movement. itegan in september with a group of activists in lower manhattan. it's spread to major u.s. cities including washington d.c., los angeles and chicago. shear speaking out against what they see as corrupt greed and the growing economy. >> it's about the profits of the government and we understand that nothing really can be changed on an individual policy basis until we figure structured is addressed. it's the money in politics and the way that elections are conducted favor so greatly a ti percent of the country that when we talk about the 99% that's not rlly a metapr, that's aiteral 99% of t country. and ihink what we imagine here is a way whereolitics could be completely reinvented and actually address the things that people want in a wayhat the current system doesn't. >> charlie: there remains questions about the leadership, goals and sustainability of the movement but the protests had become part of the n

. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. charlie: taupe -- tonight we begin at the growing occupy wall street movement. itegan in september with a group of activists in lower manhattan. it's spread to major u.s. cities including washington d.c., los angeles and chicago. shear speaking out against what they see as corrupt greed and the growing economy. >> it's about the profits of the government and we understand that nothing...

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. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> rose: volcker is here chairman of the federal reserve from 1979 to987, he remained influential in the range of economic issues, in 2009 president obama apinted him chairman of the economic recovery board, gulation bill is called the vehicler rule, wall street banks lobbied heavily against it. there is growing speculation the final product will include provisions to substantially dilute its intent. >> emerged with public comment, i am pleased to have paul volcker back at this tle. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: so just tell me what you think has happened to what we knew of as the vehicler rule that you intended. >> oh, i think it is okay. there are a lot of commotion about the lengths of the rule and the commentator and all the rest. a lot of lawyers spent a lot of time trying to put holes in this thing and of course the regulators respond by trying to close the holes that they bic in it and you end up with presumably pretty cumbersome piece of paper, i read it myself, the regulat

. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: volcker is here chairman of the federal reserve from 1979 to987, he remained influential in the range of economic issues, in 2009 president obama apinted him chairman of the economic recovery board, gulation bill is called the vehicler rule, wall street banks lobbied heavily against it. there is growing speculation the final product will include provisions to substantially...

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studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> rose: dr. jim wrong kim is here, 2009 he took office as 17th president of dartmouth college, he is a cofounder of partners and in health in the department o hiv aids in the world health organization trained as both a physician and anthropologist he spent much of his career providin medical treatment to underserved populations worldwide. next tuesday i will be visiting dartmouth college to moderate the washington post, bloomberg debate among the republican presidential candidates, i am pleased to have ji jim yong kimt this table. force fort. >> thank you verymuch. >> wlook forward to being at dartmouth, your campus. >> we are thrilled, very exciting event, and a very important time in the campaign. >> re: every four years we all go to new hampshire. >> yes, sir, and dartmouth played a role in this as well. >> right we have the democratic debate. >> rose: and did a thing before. and tell me how you ended up there. >> well, you know, i had no plans of right to be a president of a place like dartmouth coege. i was, along th paul and

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communications from our studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> rose: i'm betty lieu you only bloomberg television filling in for crlie rose on assignment. we begin with the debate over china's currency policy. on tuesday the u.s senate mandated a bill that would have stiff tariffs onhina the bill faces an uphill battle in the house. the white house is also reluctant to support the measure. the issue emerged at the republican debate earlier this week. >> i don't subscribe to the don trump school or the mitt romney school of international trade. i don't want to find ourselves in a trade war. with respect to china, if you start slapping penalties on them based on countervailing duties, you're going to get the same thing in return because what they're going to say because of quantitative easing part one and part two, you're doing a similar thing to your currency and then you'll find yourself in a trade war very, very quickly. d what does that do? that disadvantages our small businesses, it disadvantages our exporters. it disadvantages our agricultural producers. so i say for the

communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: i'm betty lieu you only bloomberg television filling in for crlie rose on assignment. we begin with the debate over china's currency policy. on tuesday the u.s senate mandated a bill that would have stiff tariffs onhina the bill faces an uphill battle in the house. the white house is also reluctant to support the measure. the issue emerged at the republican debate earlier this week. >> i don't...

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sponsored by rose communications from our studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> rose: we begin dramatic news from libya. moammar qaddafi, the former libyan leader, was killed today in his hometown of sirt. there are also reports qaddafi's son was also killed. qaddafi threat into hiding two months ago after his regime was toppled his death ends an eight month long war waged by web rell forces. he ruled libya for more decades. the prime minister said today we've been waiting for moment for a long time. president obama spoke about this today from the white house. >> today the government of libya nounced the death of moammar qaddafi which marks e end of a long and painful chapter for the people of libya who no have the duty opportunity to determine their own destiny in a new and democratic libya. for four decades the qaddafi gime ruled the people with an iron fist. innocent civilians were detained beaten and killed. libya's wealth was squandered. the enormous potential of the libyan people was held back and terr was used as a political weapon. today we can say the regime has

sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin dramatic news from libya. moammar qaddafi, the former libyan leader, was killed today in his hometown of sirt. there are also reports qaddafi's son was also killed. qaddafi threat into hiding two months ago after his regime was toppled his death ends an eight month long war waged by web rell forces. he ruled libya for more decades. the prime minister said today we've been waiting...

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communications from our studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. . we celebrate this evening, the 20th anniversary of this program, yes, 20 years ago this program began over the 20 years there have been no guests that have been more interesting and more eagerly anticipated thanarren buffett. his is a fascinating story. his is a name that is known throhout the worldor his extraordinary success as an investor and the parallel success of his company berkshire hathaway. he has been in the news recently because he made a major investment in bank of america. he also announced a stock buyback of berkshire hathaway shares. perhaps the sharpest focus recently has been on fis announcement that wealthy people should pay for taxes. president obama was certainly listening because he included it in his list of tax law recommendations. he called it the buffett rule. warren buffett is in new york and we're pleased to have him at this table. not only because he has been such a wonderful guest for us, but also because he is a friend of mine. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: you've announced rece

communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. . we celebrate this evening, the 20th anniversary of this program, yes, 20 years ago this program began over the 20 years there have been no guests that have been more interesting and more eagerly anticipated thanarren buffett. his is a fascinating story. his is a name that is known throhout the worldor his extraordinary success as an investor and the parallel success of his company berkshire hathaway. he has been in the...

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city, thisis chare rose. >> rose: george clooney is here. he started as an actor but he became director and he became the complete film maker. he's a writer and a producer, a director an an actor. here's some of his work over the years. >> i'm seeing someone for the first time, you could be passing on the street and you look at each other for a few seconds and she's... there's kind of a recognition. you both know something. then the moment is goonened it's too late to do anything about it and you always remember it because there was there and you let it go and you think to yourself what if i had stopped? what if i had said something? >> preacher said it absolved us. >> for him, not for the law. i'm surprised at you, pete, i gave you credit for more brains than dell her. >> but there was witnesses that seen us regimed. >> that not the issue. even if it put you square with the lord the state of miissippi is more hard nosed. >> you shoulhave joined us, everett. it wouldn't have hurt none. >> at least it would have washed away the stink of that pomade. >> youwo ignorant fools, i li

city, this is chare rose. >> rose: george clooney is here. he started as an actor but he became director and he became the complete film maker. he's a writer and a producer, a director an an actor. here's some of his work over the years. >> i'm seeing someone for the first time, you could be passing on the street and you look at each other for a few seconds and she's... there's kind of a recognition. you both know something. then the moment is goonened it's too late to do anything...

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studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> rose: gbowee see here, she is a liberian peace and women's rights activist. e and the president of liberia were two of the three women awarded this year's nobel peace prize. in 2003, she led a coalition of christian and muslim women n a campaign to end liberia's civil war. their prote culminated in the exile of former president charles taylor. leashians electeded ellen johnson sirleaf who became the first fale president in modern african history. gbowee tells the story in her new book called "mighty be our powers: how sisterhood, prayer and sex changed a nation at war." i'm pleased to have her at this table for the first time tell me why this is a powerful story of our time and change. >> my story is the story of every african woman, who has lived true povert who has lived through abuse. but the beauty of that story is that even when people would think that having gone through the worst of life you would just. the story is the story of victory it proves that a hero or shero or survivor. so this is a story that the media in the west re

studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: gbowee see here, she is a liberian peace and women's rights activist. e and the president of liberia were two of the three women awarded this year's nobel peace prize. in 2003, she led a coalition of christian and muslim women n a campaign to end liberia's civil war. their prote culminated in the exile of former president charles taylor. leashians electeded ellen johnson sirleaf who became the first fale president in modern african...

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studios inewyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> i'm al hunt of bloomberg news, in washington filling in for charlie rose. now you'd think charlie wod be taking a break after moderating the gop presidenl debate in new hampshire this week. no, he's on another assignment. but we'll try to fill in for him now. and we are going to lk about politics. it was a tough week for president obama. despite his efforts to sell the jobs bill to congress, the package failed to advance in the senate. it was a better week for massachusetts governor mitt romney. he continued to gain traction against his rivals, after another poor debate performance by texas governor rick perry. romney also was endorsed by new jersey governor chris christie. it was also not so bad for herman cain. the former pizza executive is rising in national polls and running first in some. and his 9, 9, 9 plan has been all the talk in recent days. with his new status, however, there also have been more questions about s position. joining me now to talk about all of this an probably more, matt bai of "the new york times" magazine and

studios inew york city, this is charlie rose. >> i'm al hunt of bloomberg news, in washington filling in for charlie rose. now you'd think charlie wod be taking a break after moderating the gop presidenl debate in new hampshire this week. no, he's on another assignment. but we'll try to fill in for him now. and we are going to lk about politics. it was a tough week for president obama. despite his efforts to sell the jobs bill to congress, the package failed to advance in the senate. it...

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communications from our studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> charlie: slavoj zik is here. he is a philosopher who describes himself as a complicated communist. the new are youic described him as the most dangerous philosopher in the west. he has written topics like carl marx and kung fu panda. i'm pleased to have him here at this table and this initial conversation we'll try to understand not only where he came from, what does he believe and his observations on what he sees today in terms of the political environment. so welcome. >> thanks very much. i'm arneed to be here. >> charlie: it's a pleasure to hav you here. >> for a long time i watch pbs. it's much better than all those other channels. >> charlie: on behalf of pbs, i thank you i hope occasionally you'll be amused and occasionally you'll find something you le. >> i go through channels like pbs to get rid of this european arrogance, you know. we arrogant europeans. especially in this present to watch education or whatever public tv, more social needs so that they are cutting off all intellectual tv programs. europe is

communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: slavoj zik is here. he is a philosopher who describes himself as a complicated communist. the new are youic described him as the most dangerous philosopher in the west. he has written topics like carl marx and kung fu panda. i'm pleased to have him here at this table and this initial conversation we'll try to understand not only where he came from, what does he believe and his observations on what he sees...

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by rose communications from our studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> we begin this evening with an announcement today, this afternoon by president obama that america's war in iraq will end by the end of this year. here is what the president said. >> today, i can report that as promised, the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year. after nearly nine years, america's war in iraq will be over. over the next two months our troops in iraq, tens of thousands of them, will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. the last american soldier will cross the border out of iraq with their heads held high, proud of their success and knowing that the american people stand united in our support for our troops. that is how america's military effort in iraq will end. but even as we mark this important milestone, we're also moving into a new phase in the relationship between the united states and iraq. as of january 1st, and in keeping with our strategic framework agreement with iraq, it will be a normal relatiship between sovereign nations.

by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> we begin this evening with an announcement today, this afternoon by president obama that america's war in iraq will end by the end of this year. here is what the president said. >> today, i can report that as promised, the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year. after nearly nine years, america's war in iraq will be over. over the next two months our troops in iraq, tens of...

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from our studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> rose: michael lewis is here, he is a best-sell august thor and journalist. his best-known books include "liars poker" "the big short" and "blind t blind side." he's also the author of "money ball" which came out in 2003 with brad pit, jonah hill and philip seymour hoffman. here's an excerpt from the movie. >> hi, mr. shot, it's peter brent. i apologize to putting you on hold earlier. billy asked me to call you back. he's on another line. >> tell him we want $225,000 for ring cone. >> billy he wants $225, forricardo rincon. please, yes, i added thelease at the end. okay, hold on one second. >> tell him i'll pay for one when i sell him back for twice, i keep the money. >> okay, so billy says he'll pay for rincon himself, but when he sells him for more money next year, he's keeping the profit. okay, thank you very much. wel call you back. thank u. >> come on! come on! >> rose: (laughs) in his latest book he examine it is roots of the financial crisis in several european countries. it's called "boomerang: travels in the new

from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: michael lewis is here, he is a best-sell august thor and journalist. his best-known books include "liars poker" "the big short" and "blind t blind side." he's also the author of "money ball" which came out in 2003 with brad pit, jonah hill and philip seymour hoffman. here's an excerpt from the movie. >> hi, mr. shot, it's peter brent. i apologize to putting you on hold earlier....

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in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. . >> rose: staff rose lambrinidis is here, the foreign minister of greece. on wednesday night european leaders agreed on a new package to contr the debt crisis. it included a 50% write-down on greek government bonds in return for further austerity measures. not everybody in greece is happy. today mass protests interrupted-- day which celebrates greece's stand against access forces in world waii. throughout the world questions remain about whether the ueu's new plan is a right, long-term solution. i'm pleased to have the tof enminister here to talk about that and other issues having to do with greece, welcome. >> nice to be here. >> rose: you met with the secretary of state. >> yes. >> rose: what was that about? >> it was about discussing that deal that happened a few hours before i actually met her in the very early hours of the morning, european time. because the u.s. has been quite involved, in fact n this european debate. it is, after all, a world in which we're all interconnected and interrelated. and europe's putting its house in ord

in new york city, this is charlie rose. . >> rose: staff rose lambrinidis is here, the foreign minister of greece. on wednesday night european leaders agreed on a new package to contr the debt crisis. it included a 50% write-down on greek government bonds in return for further austerity measures. not everybody in greece is happy. today mass protests interrupted-- day which celebrates greece's stand against access forces in world waii. throughout the world questions remain about whether...

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studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> rose: the new season at the metropolitan opera is under way. this year's lineup features seven new productions including the last two installments of wagner's ring cycle and mozart's don giovanni. it kicked off with the first performance composed in the 19th century based on the final days of henry viii's doomed wife ann bow lynn. here's a look at the opera. (applause) >> rose: joining me now two r two of the stars of this opera, anna netrebko and stephen costello, also peter gelb the general manager of the opera. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> the reviews are ver, very good. you were watching that and you noticed something which was a small... >> yeah, the one who was shoung it was me. (laughter) see how the lastote it didn't really come out well? but it's oy. i will correct it next performance. >> rose: why did you select these sevenperas? d when did you select them? >> well,he crazy thing about the world is opera is we plan four or five years in advance and because the great stars of opera are like anna and the rising

studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the new season at the metropolitan opera is under way. this year's lineup features seven new productions including the last two installments of wagner's ring cycle and mozart's don giovanni. it kicked off with the first performance composed in the 19th century based on the final days of henry viii's doomed wife ann bow lynn. here's a look at the opera. (applause) >> rose: joining me now two r two of the stars of this opera,...

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from our studios inneyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> charlie: tonight from the supreme court of the united states, a conversation with justice john paul stevens. he is the trd longest serving justice in the history on the court. during his tenure he's written over 1400 decisio. he's filed more dissents a separate opinions than any of his colleagues. he considers himself a judicial conservative he shaped the court's liberal jurors presence. he retiredfter servi for 35 years. at 91 he continues to follow. he has many interests including tennis and golf. he writes about his distinguished career, it is called five chiefs, a supreme court mem warrior. justice stevens joins me now in his chamber. >> it's nice to see you. >> charlie: te me how you think the court has changed since you first took note of it as a young lawyer. as a young clerk. >> well of course, as i say early in the book, every time there's a new number in the court, the court changes. so the court has gone through however many appointments that have been made since that te and every one has been a significant change.

from our studios in neyork city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: tonight from the supreme court of the united states, a conversation with justice john paul stevens. he is the trd longest serving justice in the history on the court. during his tenure he's written over 1400 decisio. he's filed more dissents a separate opinions than any of his colleagues. he considers himself a judicial conservative he shaped the court's liberal jurors presence. he retiredfter servi for 35 years. at 91 he...

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by rose communications from our studios in newyorkcity, thisis charlie rose. >> charlie: walter isaacson is here, he's a ceo and author on biographiesf albert einstein and henry kissinger. steve jobs asked isaacson to write his biography. two years ago he began the product. he conducted over 40 interviews and spoke withundreds of friends, family, colleagues and competitors. the cofounder of apple later told isaacson he wanted the book written because he wanted his children to know him. steve jobs died from colications due to pancreatic cancern october 5th, 2011 in a series of reflections at the end of the book jobs says very simply we tried to use the talents we did have to show our nealings and deep contributions to those who came before us and add to that no that has driven me. the book is called steve jobs. i'm very pleased to have walter isaacson back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> charlie: following an appearance last night on 60 minutes, i mentioned it came to a point whe steve jobs asked yo tell me the story. >> in the early huuzmer of 2004,i got a phon

by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: walter isaacson is here, he's a ceo and author on biographiesf albert einstein and henry kissinger. steve jobs asked isaacson to write his biography. two years ago he began the product. he conducted over 40 interviews and spoke withundreds of friends, family, colleagues and competitors. the cofounder of apple later told isaacson he wanted the book written because he wanted his children to know...

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newyorkcity, thisicharlie rose. . is there anything better that can be said about a person than that they changed the world and made it better and more interesting? steve jobs was such a man. he died wednesday at his home in california at age 66. here's what walter isaacson, the soon to be released biography said on jobs sa in "time" magazine this week. the saga of steve jobs is a silicon valley creation myth writ large, launching a stt-up in the proverbial garage and building it into the world's mt valuable company. he didn't innt many things crout right,ut he was a master at arranging ideas, art and technology in ways that repeated invented the future. jobs thus became the greatest business executive of our era, the one most certain to be remembered a century from now. history will place him in a pan theo right next to thomas edison and henry ford. more than anye else of his time, he me products that were cpletely innovative, combining the beauty of poetry and the power of processors. tonight we continue our appreciation of eve jobs. we will hear from friends who knew him, jou

new york city, this icharlie rose. . is there anything better that can be said about a person than that they changed the world and made it better and more interesting? steve jobs was such a man. he died wednesday at his home in california at age 66. here's what walter isaacson, the soon to be released biography said on jobs sa in "time" magazine this week. the saga of steve jobs is a silicon valley creation myth writ large, launching a stt-up in the proverbial garage and building it...